French broadcaster France Televisions has been blamed by supporters of Gerard Depardieu, the Oscar-nominated actor of “Cyrano de Bergerac,” for contributing to the downfall of one of country’s most iconic actors with a bombshell documentary about his history of sexual abuse allegations which aired on Dec. 7.
The broadcaster’s head of film and international co-production, Manuel Alduy, tells Variety the TV group doesn’t have any agenda against Depardieu, however, and won’t boycott his films. “We will not ban films, but we won’t celebrate artists who have been accused until they’re completely cleared,” says Alduy, who joined France Televisions in 2021 after working at Twentieth Century Fox and Canal+ Group.
“Films are collective works of art and Depardieu happens to have starred in more than 100 films, including some classics of French cinema,” says Alduy. “It would be unfair for these films and for rights holders if we banned them,...
The broadcaster’s head of film and international co-production, Manuel Alduy, tells Variety the TV group doesn’t have any agenda against Depardieu, however, and won’t boycott his films. “We will not ban films, but we won’t celebrate artists who have been accused until they’re completely cleared,” says Alduy, who joined France Televisions in 2021 after working at Twentieth Century Fox and Canal+ Group.
“Films are collective works of art and Depardieu happens to have starred in more than 100 films, including some classics of French cinema,” says Alduy. “It would be unfair for these films and for rights holders if we banned them,...
- 12/22/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Clockwise from top left: The Wicker Man (Warner Bros.), Vanilla Sky (Paramont), Oldboy (FilmDistrict), The Toy (Columbia)Image: AVClub
In Hollywood, it often seems that the sincerest form of flattery is to remake a foreign film. Domestic versions of international hits are a long-running thing in a town where familiarity assumes success,...
In Hollywood, it often seems that the sincerest form of flattery is to remake a foreign film. Domestic versions of international hits are a long-running thing in a town where familiarity assumes success,...
- 11/1/2023
- by Ian Spelling
- avclub.com
Netflix has dropped a trailer for “The Takedown,” a cop comedy directed by “Lupin” helmer Louis Leterrier and starring Omar Sy and Laurent Lafitte. The movie is a sequel to the French comedy “On The Other Side Of The Tracks.”
Sy and Lafitte star as two cops with very different styles and backgrounds who are reunited for criminal investigation across France. What seems to be a simple drug deal turns out to be a high level case wrapped in danger and unexpected comedy. The script is penned by Stéphane Kazandjian.
“‘The Takedown’ is the logical continuation of a close relationship with Omar Sy: we got along so well on Lupin that we were looking for other projects,” said Leterrier, adding that he found the script “extremely funny and dynamic on topical subjects that are difficult to tackle in a comedy.”
Leterrier said he wanted the film to be positioned between...
Sy and Lafitte star as two cops with very different styles and backgrounds who are reunited for criminal investigation across France. What seems to be a simple drug deal turns out to be a high level case wrapped in danger and unexpected comedy. The script is penned by Stéphane Kazandjian.
“‘The Takedown’ is the logical continuation of a close relationship with Omar Sy: we got along so well on Lupin that we were looking for other projects,” said Leterrier, adding that he found the script “extremely funny and dynamic on topical subjects that are difficult to tackle in a comedy.”
Leterrier said he wanted the film to be positioned between...
- 4/13/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has dropped the first full trailer for its upcoming buddy cop action comedy The Takedown. Lupin’s Omar Sy reteams with Laurent Lafitte in the follow-up to their 2012 On The Other Side Of The Tracks. In another reunion, Lupin director Louis Leterrier has the reins. The French film is part of Netflix’s drive to ramp up local feature productions and launches globally on the streamer on May 6. Check out the dubbed trailer above.
The story centers on Ousmane Diakité (Sy) and François Monge (Lafitte), two cops with very different styles, backgrounds and careers. When the unlikely pair is reunited for a criminal investigation that takes them across France, what seemed to be a simple drug deal turns out to be a high level case wrapped in danger and unexpected comedy. Izia Higelin also stars.
Leterrier commented that the film is a “logical continuation of a close relationship with Omar Sy.
The story centers on Ousmane Diakité (Sy) and François Monge (Lafitte), two cops with very different styles, backgrounds and careers. When the unlikely pair is reunited for a criminal investigation that takes them across France, what seemed to be a simple drug deal turns out to be a high level case wrapped in danger and unexpected comedy. Izia Higelin also stars.
Leterrier commented that the film is a “logical continuation of a close relationship with Omar Sy.
- 4/13/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Three-time ER Emmy nominated actor Eriq La Salle has landed a three-book, world rights deal with Ebony Magazine Publishing imprint Sourcebooks for his dark and gritty crime thriller Martyr Maker series.
Laws of Depravity, will be book one and available to a worldwide audience in November. The second title will be Laws of Wrath and then Laws of Annihilation.
The franchise follows NYPD detectives Quincy Cavanaugh and Phee Freeman and FBI agent Janet Maclin as they investigate brutal slayings by high-profile serial killers. The books have received accolades from literary trade magazines, as well as praise from New York Times’ bestselling author James Patterson. All books will be available for the first time on Audio.
“Unfortunately, there has historically been a blatant underrepresentation of authors of color in the thriller/suspense genre,” La Salle says. “The exciting collaboration between two well respected brands such as Ebony and Sourcebooks is...
Laws of Depravity, will be book one and available to a worldwide audience in November. The second title will be Laws of Wrath and then Laws of Annihilation.
The franchise follows NYPD detectives Quincy Cavanaugh and Phee Freeman and FBI agent Janet Maclin as they investigate brutal slayings by high-profile serial killers. The books have received accolades from literary trade magazines, as well as praise from New York Times’ bestselling author James Patterson. All books will be available for the first time on Audio.
“Unfortunately, there has historically been a blatant underrepresentation of authors of color in the thriller/suspense genre,” La Salle says. “The exciting collaboration between two well respected brands such as Ebony and Sourcebooks is...
- 2/10/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Two-time Oscar- and three-time Emmy winner Sally Field has signed with Anonymous Content.
Field, whose career has spanned five decades, can next be seen starring as Jessie Buss alongside John C. Reilly in Adam McKay’s Los Angeles Lakers HBO drama series, based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s and written by Max Borenstein. In November, she will reunite with Hello, My Name Is Doris director Michael Showalter in Spoiler Alert, Focus Features’ feature film adaptation of journalist Michael Ausiello’s bestselling memoir. She joins Jim Parsons and Ben Aldridge in the pic.
Field won two Best Actress Oscars for Norma Rae in 1979 and Places In The Heart in 1984. She also has three Emmys among nine noms, including a 2007 Lead Actress in a Drama win starring on ABC’s Brothers & Sisters. Her recent television work includes...
Field, whose career has spanned five decades, can next be seen starring as Jessie Buss alongside John C. Reilly in Adam McKay’s Los Angeles Lakers HBO drama series, based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s and written by Max Borenstein. In November, she will reunite with Hello, My Name Is Doris director Michael Showalter in Spoiler Alert, Focus Features’ feature film adaptation of journalist Michael Ausiello’s bestselling memoir. She joins Jim Parsons and Ben Aldridge in the pic.
Field won two Best Actress Oscars for Norma Rae in 1979 and Places In The Heart in 1984. She also has three Emmys among nine noms, including a 2007 Lead Actress in a Drama win starring on ABC’s Brothers & Sisters. Her recent television work includes...
- 10/6/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Liz McCann, a groundbreaking Broadway producer who, as one of the first and most successful women to achieve a prominent leadership role in the theater industry – a term she hated, preferring “theater community” — died Thursday of cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. She was 90.
Her death was announced by her longtime associate and friend Kristen Luciani.
Elizabeth Ireland McCann — known throughout the Broadway community simply as Liz — started her career in theater as a production assistant and manager with Proscenium Productions at the Cherry Lane Theatre in the 1950s. In 1955, the company would be the first Off Broadway theater to win a Special Tony Award for its seminal productions of The Way of the World and Thieves’ Carnival.
Following a series of short-term theater jobs, McCann, who had acted in plays during her student years at Manhattanville College, completed a law degree at Fordham University. She later earned a...
Her death was announced by her longtime associate and friend Kristen Luciani.
Elizabeth Ireland McCann — known throughout the Broadway community simply as Liz — started her career in theater as a production assistant and manager with Proscenium Productions at the Cherry Lane Theatre in the 1950s. In 1955, the company would be the first Off Broadway theater to win a Special Tony Award for its seminal productions of The Way of the World and Thieves’ Carnival.
Following a series of short-term theater jobs, McCann, who had acted in plays during her student years at Manhattanville College, completed a law degree at Fordham University. She later earned a...
- 9/9/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Liz McCann, the colorful Broadway producer who guided such productions as The Elephant Man, Amadeus and The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? on the way to nine Tony Awards, has died. She was 90.
One of the first female producers on Broadway to command a seat at the table occupied largely by men, McCann died Wednesday of cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, her longtime associate and friend Kristen Luciani announced.
With Nelle Nugent, McCann created the formidable general management and production company McCann & Nugent, and their string of Tony-winning productions included 1979’s Dracula, starring Frank Langella, and The Elephant ...
One of the first female producers on Broadway to command a seat at the table occupied largely by men, McCann died Wednesday of cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, her longtime associate and friend Kristen Luciani announced.
With Nelle Nugent, McCann created the formidable general management and production company McCann & Nugent, and their string of Tony-winning productions included 1979’s Dracula, starring Frank Langella, and The Elephant ...
Liz McCann, the colorful Broadway producer who guided such productions as The Elephant Man, Amadeus and The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? on the way to nine Tony Awards, has died. She was 90.
One of the first female producers on Broadway to command a seat at the table occupied largely by men, McCann died Wednesday of cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, her longtime associate and friend Kristen Luciani announced.
With Nelle Nugent, McCann created the formidable general management and production company McCann & Nugent, and their string of Tony-winning productions included 1979’s Dracula, starring Frank Langella, and The Elephant ...
One of the first female producers on Broadway to command a seat at the table occupied largely by men, McCann died Wednesday of cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, her longtime associate and friend Kristen Luciani announced.
With Nelle Nugent, McCann created the formidable general management and production company McCann & Nugent, and their string of Tony-winning productions included 1979’s Dracula, starring Frank Langella, and The Elephant ...
Back in 2010, a small film of uncertain genre — was it documentary or drama, or something in between? — became the biggest word-of-mouth hit at the Cannes Film Festival. “Have you seen the goat film?” became a cheerful morning greeting between critics who usually just grunt at each other biliously about whatever has most recently annoyed them; here was something revelatory, something to get those sour old juices flowing.
“The goat film” was Le Quattro Volte, a film about an elderly goatherd living in a village in Calabria, his mischievous dog and the herd of goats who would chivvy him around, sometimes checking on him as if to make sure he hadn’t died yet. It was tranquil but melancholy, reverent but never sentimental. And it wasn’t like anything else.
Now the director of the goat film, Michelangelo Frammartino, is at the Venice Film Festival with another magnificent pastoral, Il Buco — meaning,...
“The goat film” was Le Quattro Volte, a film about an elderly goatherd living in a village in Calabria, his mischievous dog and the herd of goats who would chivvy him around, sometimes checking on him as if to make sure he hadn’t died yet. It was tranquil but melancholy, reverent but never sentimental. And it wasn’t like anything else.
Now the director of the goat film, Michelangelo Frammartino, is at the Venice Film Festival with another magnificent pastoral, Il Buco — meaning,...
- 9/5/2021
- by Stephanie Bunbury
- Deadline Film + TV
Polo G celebrated the release of his new album Hall of Fame by performing his Number One hit “Rapstar” on The Tonight Show Friday.
Accompanied by a band that included an electric ukulele player, Polo G delivered the smash single virtually from a soundstage surrounded by framed monitors.
Released in April 2021, “Rapstar” spent an entire month atop the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart before it was finally dethroned in mid-May by J. Cole’s “Interlude.” Polo G has since returned to the Top 100 Songs chart with Hall of Fame’s “Gang Gang” featuring Lil Wayne,...
Accompanied by a band that included an electric ukulele player, Polo G delivered the smash single virtually from a soundstage surrounded by framed monitors.
Released in April 2021, “Rapstar” spent an entire month atop the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart before it was finally dethroned in mid-May by J. Cole’s “Interlude.” Polo G has since returned to the Top 100 Songs chart with Hall of Fame’s “Gang Gang” featuring Lil Wayne,...
- 6/12/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Polo G has a record deal, a hit song, and two critically acclaimed albums, but he considers one of his greatest accomplishments to be simply making it to age 21. Surviving a violent childhood in Chicago is a persistent theme across the versatile rapper’s catalog. “You can be as young as 14, living life like a grown man,” he says. “I had to mature quickly growing up in the trenches.”
Polo, who began rapping three years ago in his late teens, has already begun to define his city’s sound. Chicago is known for drill music,...
Polo, who began rapping three years ago in his late teens, has already begun to define his city’s sound. Chicago is known for drill music,...
- 10/21/2020
- by Dewayne Gage
- Rollingstone.com
The second part of the 90 Day Fiance Tell-All special brought bickering, lies, and secrets exposed.
Teams formed as some of the stars had each other's backs and others ripped each other apart.
All of it was peak entertainment for the rest of us.
The truth about Tom and Avery was revealed, Lisa and Usman broke down the nature of their relationship, and Big Ed laid into David.
Also, Cesar dropped in for a guest appearance.
Check out some of the highlights from the second half of the special below!
The Tomcat - Rawr!
The dashing and debonair Tom is what happens when a hound dog and a tomcat have a snarky British man with no chill. We jumped right into the certified grade-a beef between Tom and Avery, and it's a result of him hitting on her.
Tom slid all up in Avery's Dm's in a casual attempt to slip into something else,...
Teams formed as some of the stars had each other's backs and others ripped each other apart.
All of it was peak entertainment for the rest of us.
The truth about Tom and Avery was revealed, Lisa and Usman broke down the nature of their relationship, and Big Ed laid into David.
Also, Cesar dropped in for a guest appearance.
Check out some of the highlights from the second half of the special below!
The Tomcat - Rawr!
The dashing and debonair Tom is what happens when a hound dog and a tomcat have a snarky British man with no chill. We jumped right into the certified grade-a beef between Tom and Avery, and it's a result of him hitting on her.
Tom slid all up in Avery's Dm's in a casual attempt to slip into something else,...
- 6/9/2020
- by Jasmine Blu
- TVfanatic
Gunna’s Wunna coasted to Number One on the latest Rolling Top 200 Albums chart. Wunna features verses from Travis Scott, Roddy Ricch, and Young Thug, along with beats from Wheezy, Tay Keith, and Turbo; the album’s 18 songs earned almost 130 million streams. In addition, Wunna sold 5,000 copies and its individual tracks picked up more than 7,000 downloads.
Gunna’s frequent collaborator Lil Baby slotted behind Wunna at Number Two with My Turn. A third Atlanta rapper, Future, took Number Three with High Off Life, which debuted at Number One last week.
Gunna’s frequent collaborator Lil Baby slotted behind Wunna at Number Two with My Turn. A third Atlanta rapper, Future, took Number Three with High Off Life, which debuted at Number One last week.
- 6/1/2020
- by RS Charts
- Rollingstone.com
Future was the most streamed act in the country last week, taking the top spot on the Artists 500 chart. His jump from Number 19 to Number One was powered by the release of High Off Life, which included popular tracks like “Solitaires,” featuring Travis Scott (13.3 million streams), “Trillionaire,” featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again (13.2 million), and “All Bad,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert (9.7 million).
Future’s 181.8 million streams allowed him to displace Drake (140 million streams), who spent two weeks on top of the Artists 500, thanks to his new album, Dark Lane Demo Tapes.
Future’s 181.8 million streams allowed him to displace Drake (140 million streams), who spent two weeks on top of the Artists 500, thanks to his new album, Dark Lane Demo Tapes.
- 5/27/2020
- by RS Charts
- Rollingstone.com
DaBaby has notched yet another Number One as his latest single, “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, completed its rise to the top of the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart for the week of May 15th through the 21st.
The song debuted at Number Two on the chart back in April, and while it has hovered around the Top Five in the weeks since, it had yet to push all the way up to Number One. Last week, “Rockstar” was the biggest streamer of the week, garnering 25.1 million on-demand audio streams, but...
The song debuted at Number Two on the chart back in April, and while it has hovered around the Top Five in the weeks since, it had yet to push all the way up to Number One. Last week, “Rockstar” was the biggest streamer of the week, garnering 25.1 million on-demand audio streams, but...
- 5/26/2020
- by RS Charts
- Rollingstone.com
Fox is expected to have at least two new drama series on the fall schedule, Filthy Rich and NeXt, along with a full slate of animated comedies, while ABC is considering holding multi-camera comedy series United We Fall for fall. It is part of an effort by the broadcast networks to stockpile original content for next season as coronavirus-related Hollywood production is entering its third month with no end in sight. For that reason, CBS recently changed its scheduling plans for the latest season of The Amazing Race, leaving it in the can for fall.
When March rolled around, Fox still had its two high-profile midseason drama series, Tate Taylor’s Filthy Rich, starring Kim Cattrall, and the AI-themed NeXt, headlined by John Slattery, on deck with no scheduled premieres. Then the coronavirus outbreak escalated, shutting down all filming. In fact, NeXt became the first Hollywood production with a confirmed...
When March rolled around, Fox still had its two high-profile midseason drama series, Tate Taylor’s Filthy Rich, starring Kim Cattrall, and the AI-themed NeXt, headlined by John Slattery, on deck with no scheduled premieres. Then the coronavirus outbreak escalated, shutting down all filming. In fact, NeXt became the first Hollywood production with a confirmed...
- 5/6/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
This is the third installment of Rolling Stone‘s Music in Crisis series, which looks at how people all across the music industry are coping with the coronavirus pandemic.
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About a week ago, Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen had an idea. The veteran singer spent years gigging in New Orleans as the self-proclaimed “Queen of Bourbon Street,” but had to relocate to North Carolina after Hurricane Katrina. In recent years, Cohen has found steady gigs performing at regional nursing homes. With the outbreak of Covid-19, Cohen’s paid performances at nursing homes and senior-living facilities stopped,...
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About a week ago, Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen had an idea. The veteran singer spent years gigging in New Orleans as the self-proclaimed “Queen of Bourbon Street,” but had to relocate to North Carolina after Hurricane Katrina. In recent years, Cohen has found steady gigs performing at regional nursing homes. With the outbreak of Covid-19, Cohen’s paid performances at nursing homes and senior-living facilities stopped,...
- 4/22/2020
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
A previously unissued David Bowie live album highlighting the singer’s mid-Seventies work is set for Record Store Day.
I’m Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74), featuring segments of a pair of concerts from that trek, bridges the gap between 1974’s Diamond Dogs and 1975’s Young Americans. Bowie’s site announced the release Thursday.
Previous Bowie live albums from the 1974 tour — 1974’s David Live and the 2017 reissue Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles ’74) — were recorded prior to the I’m Only Dancing concerts, which featured a more soul music focus as...
I’m Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74), featuring segments of a pair of concerts from that trek, bridges the gap between 1974’s Diamond Dogs and 1975’s Young Americans. Bowie’s site announced the release Thursday.
Previous Bowie live albums from the 1974 tour — 1974’s David Live and the 2017 reissue Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles ’74) — were recorded prior to the I’m Only Dancing concerts, which featured a more soul music focus as...
- 2/20/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
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